Forecasters say Tropical Storm Kirk is on a path to dump heavy rains that could bring dangerous flooding to the eastern Caribbean
US economy grew at robust 4.2 percent rate in second quarter but has likely slowed
Australia has made four changes, all of them in the forwards, for the Rugby Championship test against South Africa on Saturday
Lebanese security agents detain Palestinian refugee, member of Islamic State group who had plotted attacks
A Milwaukee mother is charged in the scalding death of her 2-year-old daughter, who had recently been returned to her by child protection services
A senior Japanese whaling negotiator says Tokyo will continue to push for a resumption of commercial whaling despite the recent defeat of its proposal by the International Whaling Commission
Cristiano Ronaldo will serve only a mandatory one-game ban for his first-ever red card in the Champions League
Nigerian authorities say nearly 200 killed in large-scale flooding, with toll expected to rise
Prosecutors in Portugal are bringing charges of criminally negligent homicide against 12 defendants over the deaths of 66 people in a major wildfire last year
Authorities say a dispute involving a bridal party and a hotel guest ended when the guest used a sword to threaten the women and slash the bride on the arm
Former Arkansas state Sen. Jon Woods has reported to a federal prison in Texas to begin a more than 18-year prison sentence for his role in a bribery scheme
A city official in the southern French city of Rodez has been stabbed to death in a daylight attack
A court in Thailand has convicted a local businessman of fraud for selling fake bomb detectors to the Thai government, five years after a court in the United Kingdom sentenced the British head of the company that supplied them to seven years in prison
The lower house of the Russian parliament has adopted a controversial bill that raises the eligibility ages for state pensions, which has caused an outrage in Russian society
New Jersey's Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit that claims the NFL violated state consumer fraud laws with its ticketing policies for the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium
UEFA says it will begin using video review in the Champions League next season, after a debut in the Super Cup
The American Music Awards will honor the Queen of Soul next month
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